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CUSTOMS AMENDMENT ACT (NO. 3) 1980 No. 110 of 1980 - SECT 20

20. Section 204 of the Principal Act is repealed and the following section
substituted: Seized goods to be secured

"204. (1) Where an officer of Customs seizes any goods under this Act, he
shall take those goods to such place of security as a Collector directs.



"(2) Subject to sub-section (3), where a person other than an officer of
Customs seizes any goods under this Act, he shall forthwith deliver the goods
to an officer of Customs at the nearest Customs House or other convenient
place.



"(3) Sub-section (2) does not apply in relation to narcotic goods seized under
this Act by a member of the Australian Federal Police.



"(4) Where goods are delivered to an officer of Customs in accordance with
sub-section (2), the officer shall-

   (a)  except where paragraph (b) applies-deliver the goods to such place of
        security as a Collector directs; or

   (b)  where the goods are delivered to him at a place that a Collector
        directs is to be the place of security at which the goods are to be
        kept, leave the goods at that place.". 


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